"Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs" - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html
"Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And American life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins to economic heights. “Movin’ on up,” George Jefferson-style, is not only a sitcom song but a civil religion."
~ J. DeParle
Maybe I'll watch the Ken Burns documentary soon. I can't tell when. I will be in the mood?
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